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Photo 1000/31(3226)
- Record Id:
- 041-003130264
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-003130146
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026192635.0x000dfb
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147551131.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 1000/31(3226)
- Title:
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View from the north-east of the façade of the Queen's Mosque, Mirzapur, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Architectural Photography
View from the court looking towards the iwan of the mosque, flanked by truncated minarets. India Museum no. 1469. Received from Captain Lyon 7 February 1871. Duplicate print at Photo 1001 (3226).
Lyon supplies the following description in his 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs designed to illustrate the ancient architecture of Western India. Taken for Government and described by Captain Lyon' (Geneva, 1871):
578. - At a short distance from the citadel, and quite close to the travellers bungalow is the mosque commonly known as the 'Roop Ranee'. It was built by a Queen called Rupavati who with another royal lady lies buried in an adjacent tomb, now fast going to decay. These monuments are adorned with sculptured censers arid triple chains, the concave of the dome is gorgeously fretted, and the pillars running quadrangularly form four open colonnades around the monuments.
The date of the mosque is probably A.D. 1430 to 1450, about the same as the Ranee Seepree, with which latter it alone contests the palm of being the most beautiful to be found here. This view shows the front of the mosque and is the form that has been most generally adopted throughout the city.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003126686
040-003130146
041-003130264 - Is part of:
- Photo 1000 : Archaeological Survey of India Collections: India Office Series
Photo 1000/31 : Archaeological Survey of India Collections: India Office Series (volume 31).
Photo 1000/31(3226) : View from the north-east of the façade of the Queen's Mosque, Mirzapur, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David - Hierarchy:
- 032-003126686[0032]/040-003130146[0118]/041-003130264
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 1000
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147551131.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print - Start Date:
- 1869
- End Date:
- 1869
- Date Range:
- 1869
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 235 mm x 286 mm
Format: Bound in Volume
Secondary Support: Card
- Former External References:
- 578
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)